Hockey Widow wrote:"The Vancouver Canucks will have to continue their battle for a playoff spot without the services of 28-year-old forward David Booth for quite a while.

The results of Booth’s MRI have come back and Canucks coach Alain Vigneault revealed that Booth will be out “indefinitely” with an ankle sprain, according to the Globe and Mail’s David Ebner.

Booth has been placed on the injured reserve list as a result."

Because he is on IR, should the injury carry over to the off season, he cannot be bought out. If however he recovers before the start of next season he can be bought out.

I'm hearing that expectations are that he may be done for the season, maybe able to return for the playoffs depending upon rehab.

Thanks for the update and info, HW.

Not surprising given what I saw of the incident and the team's luck this season with him.

Given what you say, it looks like the Canucks won't have to wait too long into the off-season to buy him out if that's what they want to do. I would expect that his rehab should at least be in line with the above prognosis.

Question for those who may know - does Booth's salary come off the team's cap for the rest of the season now, or does he have to be put on LTIR? If his cap space does come off now, it could open up the trade market for Gillis if the contract ends this summer.

Hockey Widow wrote:"The Vancouver Canucks will have to continue their battle for a playoff spot without the services of 28-year-old forward David Booth for quite a while.

The results of Booth’s MRI have come back and Canucks coach Alain Vigneault revealed that Booth will be out “indefinitely” with an ankle sprain, according to the Globe and Mail’s David Ebner.

Booth has been placed on the injured reserve list as a result."

Because he is on IR, should the injury carry over to the off season, he cannot be bought out. If however he recovers before the start of next season he can be bought out.

I'm hearing that expectations are that he may be done for the season, maybe able to return for the playoffs depending upon rehab.

Thanks for the update and info, HW.

Not surprising given what I saw of the incident and the team's luck this season with him.

Given what you say, it looks like the Canucks won't have to wait too long into the off-season to buy him out if that's what they want to do. I would expect that his rehab should at least be in line with the above prognosis.

Question for those who may know - does Booth's salary come off the team's cap for the rest of the season now, or does he have to be put on LTIR? If his cap space does come off now, it could open up the trade market for Gillis if the contract ends this summer.

A team gets relief if they are over the cap and then the relief is the amount over the cap they are.

Contrary to what some others around here think, I think losing Booth is a big loss. He's one of only a few players who goes to the dirty areas, can forecheck almost as well as Jannik Hansen and can hit pretty well. He drives play forward, and has surprised me with his solid two-way play.

More bad news in a season that has soured quickly and almost has me wishing the lockout never ended.

Hockey Widow wrote:Lain has been assigned to Chicago. I wonder if we will see him this year? Park his ass in front of the net on the PP!

Isn't that one of the reasons they have Kassian? Instead AV chooses to send out the smallest forward on the team to continue to pass the puck around the perimeter.

Amen - between Henrik and Daniel, we have enough finesse around the perimeter. We need a big body in front of the net to cause chaos. Think Holmstrom when the Wings were in their heyday.

And Garrison needs to just pound pucks at the net in practice. Make him shoot 100 pucks on net at the end of practice before he's allowed to leave. He has the power, just get him to get it on net. Still need the vision from the point. Edler's not the guy. His hockey sense seems to be limited. He has all the tools in his toolbox, but doesn't appear to have the sense to use them.

Hockey Widow wrote:Lain has been assigned to Chicago. I wonder if we will see him this year? Park his ass in front of the net on the PP!

Isn't that one of the reasons they have Kassian? Instead AV chooses to send out the smallest forward on the team to continue to pass the puck around the perimeter.

Amen - between Henrik and Daniel, we have enough finesse around the perimeter. We need a big body in front of the net to cause chaos. Think Holmstrom when the Wings were in their heyday.

And Garrison needs to just pound pucks at the net in practice. Make him shoot 100 pucks on net at the end of practice before he's allowed to leave. He has the power, just get him to get it on net. Still need the vision from the point. Edler's not the guy. His hockey sense seems to be limited. He has all the tools in his toolbox, but doesn't appear to have the sense to use them.

He has the vision and hockey sense. He has just apparently lost the confidence or willingness to use them. If he can't or won't do the job, give it to Garrison.

Lancer wrote:He has the vision and hockey sense. He has just apparently lost the confidence or willingness to use them. If he can't or won't do the job, give it to Garrison.

I always find that Edler has the size and skill to be successful in the NHL. However, I don't believe that he has much hockey sense. The only Canucks defensemen that have hockey sense are Hamhuis and Tanev.